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| Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, Et Al | |||||
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Release Date: 07/12/2005 Label: Testament Catalog #: 1369 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Rina A. Maccagnani, Dario Caselli, Cesare Valletti, Rosanna Carteri, Lydia Marimpietri, Leonard Warren, Glauco Scarlini, Arturo La Porta, Leonardo Monreale, Salvatore Di Tommaso Conductor: Pierre Monteux Orchestra/Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra, Rome Opera House Chorus
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A deeply satisfying 1956 performance, rewardingly cast and conducted. This version, admired by cognoscenti, has too long been lost in limbo, victim in the late 1950s of the break-up of the HMV/Victor alliance. Once more Testament has come to the rescue of a neglected treasure. You would be lucky indeed to hear today three principals with voices so appropriate to their roles and with the wherewithal as regards technique to fulfil all the exigent requirements their roles call for. Rosanna Carteri, a soprano too little recorded, has the ideal voice, hovering between lirico and spinto, to satisfy the vocal and dramatic demands of the part... Cesare Valletti is just about an ideal Alfredo...A pupil of Tito Schipa, he sings with that master’s equable phrasing, fine-honed diction and lightly balanced tone, with a plangent touch adding to a suitably youthful and emotionally vulnerable portrayal. As father Germont, Leonard Warren – famous in the part at the Metropolitan – sings with the mellow tone and care for words that were his hallmarks... Testament offers texts and translations. The Traviata sound suffers rather from occasional overloading, apparently present on the original tapes, and some slightly harsh string tone, but nothing serious enough to prevent me recommending this alongside the Lisbon Callas set conducted by Ghione and the DG version with Ileana Cotrubas." - Alan Blyth, GRAMOPHONE |
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La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Rina A. Maccagnani (Mezzo Soprano),
Dario Caselli (Bass),
Cesare Valletti (Tenor),
Rosanna Carteri (Soprano), Lydia Marimpietri (Mezzo Soprano), Leonard Warren (Baritone), Glauco Scarlini (Tenor), Arturo La Porta (Baritone), Leonardo Monreale (Bass), Salvatore Di Tommaso (Tenor) Conductor: Pierre Monteux Orchestra/Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra, Rome Opera House Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy |
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Date of Recording: 1956 Venue: Rome, Italy |
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